Lunch Poems

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Lunch Poems is a celebrated 1964 poetry collection by Frank O’Hara, known for its witty, conversational style and vivid depictions of mid-20th-century New York City life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
poetry collection
associatedWith Beat-era small press publishing
City Lights Pocket Poets Series
author Frank O’Hara
containsPoem A Step Away from Them
Ave Maria
Personal Poem
Poem (Lana Turner has collapsed!)
The Day Lady Died
countryOfOrigin United States
firstPublisherLocation San Francisco
form free verse
genre poetry
hasAudience readers of modern poetry
hasFormat paperback edition
hasReputation classic of 20th-century American poetry
landmark work of the New York School of poetry
hasTheme ephemerality of everyday moments
influenced contemporary American poets
urban lyric poetry
language English
literaryMovement New York School
notableFor influence on later American poetry
use of everyday urban experience as poetic material
vivid depictions of mid-20th-century New York City life
notableWork Lunch Poems
originalMedium print
periodOfWriting 1950s
early 1960s
publicationYear 1964
publisher City Lights Books
publisherType independent press
series City Lights Pocket Poets Series
seriesNumber 19
setting New York City
style colloquial
conversational
witty
subjectMatter daily routines
friendship
popular culture
urban life
timeOfDayReferenced lunchtime
tone improvisational
intimate
playful
writtenBy Frank O’Hara

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Frank O’Hara notableWork Lunch Poems
Pocket Poets Series hasNotableWork Lunch Poems
Francis Russell O'Hara notableWork Lunch Poems
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Frank O’Hara notableWork Lunch Poems
subject linked to: Lunch Poems